Slice of Pizza!

Everyone loves pizza. The crispy dough, the flavorful toppings and the creaminess of the cheese is so mouth-watering, that no one will refuse to eat this. In different countries pizza serves as a treat, snack or sometimes it is served for dinner time. This pizza is loved by anyone, from children to elderly. Some occasions served pizza for visitors.

Pizza is made from round, flat, thin dough topped with tomato sauce, cheese, meat and other vegetables. Pizza is an oven baked. Pizza is popular in every country; they have different recipes to offer. Different restaurants have their own specialties. The truth is it’s healthier if the pizza is homemade. It is less in oil and fat. You can control the other ingredients that you want to put in your homemade pizzas.

Pepperoni Pizza

Pizza is associated to be one of the unhealthiest foods in the world.  Pizza is related to the group of food that you can buy from fast food restaurants and supermarkets. Hamburgers, fries and so on are the food related to Pizza.

I’ll let you know that Pizza have its nutritional benefits also. Even Pizza is group to fast food chains offers, pizza have nutritive and healthy elements. Pizza ingredients are crispy yeast dough, cheese, tomato sauce, meaty toppings and vegetables.

Pizza Nutritional Benefits: From its Ingredients

• Lycopene- from the tomato sauce of a pizza. Lycopene is a powerful antioxidant; it also helps our body to fight against different cancer. Person who eats pizza once a week were much less to develop colon cancer, mouth cancer, stomach cancer and lung cancer. It is very helpful to fight against prostate cancer.

•  Onions helps lower blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol. Onions are also rich in Vitamin C and fiber.

• Fiber that is good for our digestion

• Olives contains minerals that is good for the heart and helps lower cholesterol

•    Red pepper contains Vitamins A, c and B6

•  Pizza dough is also high in antioxidants because of the ingredients used.

•  Good source of Carbohydrates

• Cheese contains calcium that is good for our bones and teeth

Here are samples of easy healthy Pizzas:

Vegetable Pizza

•  Vegetable Pizza topped with cheese           
•    Pizza topped with grilled chicken

There are a lot of nutritional benefits that we can get from eating pizza; it can no longer be one of the unhealthiest foods.

Meaty Pizza

On the other side, eating pizza all the time can cause problems.

•   Pizza can cause heart disease
•  Having high cholesterol
•  High fat content because of the cheese
•  The cheese, meat and fat is the one you causes pizza to be unhealthy
• Weight gain if not consume in moderation

 Eat pizza in moderation. It’s better to share your slice of pizza with friends. It can be your bonding time and sharing.

We all know that too much is not good for our health, but less than enough is also bad for our health. Let us stay fit and be healthy! Start to be conscious. Exercise!